Upholsterer&#39;s tufting-table.



No. 680,575'. I Patented Aug. la, 190|.

c. s. ELLIS.

UPHULSTEREB'S TUFTING TABLE.

(Appumipn mea nec. 11, 1899. (No Model.)

UNTEDL STATES @PATENT Frio-n.

`CHARLES S. ELLIS, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE DOAN t GATES COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

uPHoLsTERERs TUNING-TABLE.

SPECIFIGATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 680,575, dated August 13, 1901. Application filed December 11, 1899. Serial No. 739.976. (No model.)

To all whom it 73mg/ concern.:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. ELLIS, a citi,- -zen of the United States of America, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, (doing business at No. SOrSouth Canal street, which said address is my postoftice address,)have invented a new and useful Improvement in Upholsterers Tufting- Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of tables known as upholsterers tufting-tables, upon which the top of a cou-ch or the seat or back of a chair or other like article may be conveniently tufted with hair, moss, or other tufting material inserted between two layers of cloth or like flexible fabric.

The principle Object of my invention is to provide a cheap and easy method for upholstering furniture, especially by the use of the upholsterers button or pin patented to me by Letters Patent dated November 2l, 1899, N o. 637,720.

My invention consists, briefly and particularly, of a perforated top board having attached thereto side and end boards., all being countersunk on the under and inner sides `thereof around the perforations thereon, the

said perfor-ations being adapted to permit of' the passage therethrough of upholstering pins and washers, particularly such as are de#l scribed in the Letters .Patent issued to me on the 21st day of November, A. D. 1899, hereinbefore referred to.

In the drawingsJdigure .1 is a plan view of the top ofthe table with sections of the under and -upper covers of a couch-top laid out thereon in lthe course of being tufted. Fig. 2 is a plan View 'of one of the sides of the table with sectionsr of the under and upper covers of a couch-top laid out thereon in course of being tufted..

Fig. 3 is a section through the table and the couch-top on the line 3 3.

view of the under side of the table. Fig. 5

Fig. 4 is a plan' cording 'to my designs I provide a fiat top board A and attach thereto, extending downwardly from the ends and sides of the same,

perforated at convenient intervals, so as to form therein apertures a of diameter suflil.cient to permit of the passage therethrough `of washers w of the sort shown in Fig. 5, used by me in connection with the upholsterers button or pin patented to me by Letters Patent of the United States of America, here- -inbefore referred to. I also provide the side and end boards each with a single roW of apertures of diameter equal to the diameter.

of the apertures in the top board. By rimming or countersinking around the apertures on the under side of the top board and on the .inner sides of the side and end boards I provide free spaces s on the under and inner sides of the said boards, so as to permit of the easy.

introduction of the hand within the said apertures from the under or inner side of the boards. I also provide the pins p, which are adapted to be thrust into the apertures p'. These pins may be suspended from the side or end boards by means of chains, as c, through the medium of a staple or some such like device. I also provide the side and end boards at corresponding intervals with small apertures p", adapted to receive the pins p.

In using this table I place it upon any kind of support which will leave it open and free, so that the hand may be thrust thereunder. I then draw across the table a piece of cloth used byupholsterers as a bottom fabric in making an upholstered top for a couch or chair. This fabric I stretch tightly over the table, fastening it at the sides and ends by means of the pins p thrust therethrough and inserted into the holes 1J', ns shown in Fig. 2. I then take the top cover F and stretch it upon the table and insert or thrust an upholstering button or pin, as h in Fig. 6, through both the top fabric F and the bot.- tom fabric F into one of the apertures ct on either the side or the end of the table until it assumes the position marked .ce in Fig. 3. I then insert a washer or pin retaining plate IOO into the aperture and over the shank of the pin from the under side of the table and bend the shank of the pin or button so that the tongue t thereof is brought into engagement with the washer upon its under side, as shown by the pin in the position marked 0c in Fig. 3. The top cover F and the bottom fabric F are thus brought into engagement and heldtogether. This method of procedure is followed until the end or side of the couch or chair top desired to be upholstered is secured to the table. I then insert between the top and bottom fabrics F and F my upholstering material, as m, and, drawing the' top cover over it, thrust the upholstering pins or buttons through the first row of apertures on the top of the table adjacent to the side or end through whose apertures the iirst pins are thrust and proceed to fasten the top cover 'tothe bottom fabricby means of the pins and washers, as hereinbefore described. This process is continued until the entire top is tufted. When my top has been fully tufted, I remove the pins p from the apertures into which they were originally thrust, and the tufted top can be removed from the table at once, the side of the apertures a being such as to permit of the easy passage therethrough of the washers 'w and buttons b.

It will be observed that my table is in no sense an automatic machine designed for the purpose of tufting tops but itis rather a table designed for use in the hand manufacture of upholstered couch and chair tops and backs for the purpose of simplifying and making easy the work which must be done to bring about the results most desired in that art.

While I have described my invention with more or less minuteness regarding the details of construction and as being embodied in certain precise forms, I do not desire to be limited thereto unduly or any more than is pointed out in the claims. Onpthe contrary, I contemplate all proper changes in form or construction and arrangement, the omission of immaterial elements, and the substitution of equivalents, as circumstances may suggest or lnecessity render expedient.

I claim-*- l. In an upholsterers tufting-table, the combination of a top board with side and end boards iXedly attached thereto and extending downwardly therefrom at a substantial right angle to the top board, all perforated with apertures and countersunk around the said apertures on the under side of the top board and on the inner side of the side and end boards, all substantially as described.

2. In an upholsterers tufting-table, the combination of a top boardy having side and end boards ixedly attached thereto and eX- tending downwardly therefrom, all perforated at intervals with apertures substantially circular in form, and countersunk around the said apertures on the under side of the top board and on the inner sides of the side and end boards, holes, p', on the side and end. boards adapted to receive retainingpins, and retaining-pins p adapted to be thrust into them, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In an upholsterers tufting-table, a perforated board being countersunk around the apertures therein upon the under side thereof, with the side and end pieces also perfoL rated and countersunk around apertures therein upon the inner sides thereof, and means for fastening the fabric thereto to form tufts, all substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

CIIAS. S. ELLIS.

Witnesses:

E. L. GATES, W. C. CoRLIEs. 

